Phoenix officials are pretty amped about downtown’s first dog park, calling its opening a “great day” and the “most exciting thing” for dogs and their owners to happen in a decade. The off-leash area for dogs at the northwestern part of the park on Culver Street between 3rd and 5th…
A couple of campaign fliers circulating around District 8 slam Kate Widland Gallego for her ties to Maricopa Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s political allies — and apparently for not being a minority. One of the bright yellow fliers, tucked on doors of homes throughout the district, call the council candidate a…
Peoria officials are opening Pioneer Community Park, an 83-acre recreation campus, to the public at 9 a.m. on Saturday. The park, at the corner of 83rd and Olive avenues, features six ball fields with concessions stands and restrooms with a central plaza; four lighted multipurpose fields; a dog park, picnic ramadas…
Welcome to Most Wanted — New Times’ weekly post featuring scofflaws, including suspects in robberies, homicides and assault cases, sex offenders who’ve absconded, and even “dead beat” parents who aren’t shelling out court-ordered child support. Suspects featured here are presumed innocent — until a judge or jury says otherwise. Check…
The last time Laura Pastor ran for a seat on the Phoenix City Council, Reverend Jarrett Maupin tossed his support at her opponent. The local civil rights activist isn’t making that mistake again. He’s endorsed Laura Pastor for the District 4 seat on the Phoenix City Council, citing her deep…
Labor Day weekend is over, but West Valley cops are going to be out in force trying to nab drunk drivers — this weekend. You’ve been warned…
Mayor Greg Stanton and Councilman Bill Gates released a statement — just before the Phoenix City Council considered the appointment of an Interim City Manager — pledging not to approve a contract that would permit the next city manager to engage in pension spiking. That is, the two said they…
Kate Gallego’s impressive performance in the August race for a seat representing Phoenix’s Eighth District has earned her an endorsement from Equality Arizona. Gallego nearly won the race outright with 47 percent, but was just shy of the 50-percent-plus-one threshold needed to avoid the November 5 runoff election. Pastor Warren…
Phoenix Mayor Greg Stanton announced on Tuesday that he’s endorsing Laura Pastor, a candidate in the District 4 City Council race. “As a former classroom teacher and a lifelong educator, Laura Pastor is exactly the voice we need on the Phoenix City Council,” Mayor Stanton said in a news release…
A non-profit group working to rebuild fire-ravaged Yarnell has raised about $1.2 million toward those efforts, but are far short of their overall goal of about $6 million. Various organizations and individuals have contributed good and cash, and now a Peoria theater is getting on charity…
This week’s Most Wanted, featuring a few more scofflaws, including suspects who’ve violated probation and ripped someone off at gunpoint. Suspects featured here are presumed innocent — until a judge or jury says otherwise. Check out the Valley’s Most Wanted:…
Phoenix officials approved on Wednesday a loan of up to $2.5 million that will help transform Travel Inn Apartments into 90 studio apartments for homeless and low-income individuals. Part of the loan agreement ensures that 38 of those remain earmarked as affordable rental units for at least 40 years. The…
The remaining ballots cast in the Phoenix council election have been tallied, and it’s unofficially official — District 4 candidates Justin Johnson and Laura Pastor, and District 8 candidates Kate Gallego and Warren Stewart will face-off in a November 5 election. (The vote counts don’t become official until the City…
Phoenix voters returned Councilman Sal DiCiccio and Councilman Jim Waring to the Phoenix City Council, and appear to have narrowed the crowded field in District 6 and District 8. City election officials posted unofficial results at phoenix.gov, and note that those figures include early ballots, and that counts will be…
Guadalupe Davila, known to his former parishioners as Pastor Lupe, is threatening court action against church members who ousted him from the El Mirage church his father shepherd for some three decades. It appears that Davila hired Wayne Gardner, an attorney at the Mesa offices of Gunderson, Denton & Peterson,…
Absconders and armed robbers made this installment of New Times’ weekly post featuring scofflaws, including suspects in robberies, homicides and assault cases, sex offenders who’ve absconded, and even “dead beat” parents who aren’t shelling out court-ordered child support. Suspects featured here are presumed innocent — until a judge or jury…
Former Tempe Mayor Hugh Hallman and Republican operative Jason Rose go way back in political circles. Hallman has long relied on Rose for political navigation, including hiring Rose to help him with his 2008 Tempe mayor’s race. And that’s why the tweet above caught our attention — Rose ranking Christine…
Drayton Witt of Tucson spent 10 years behind bars after being convicted in 2002 of shaking to death his girlfriend’s 4-month old son, Steven Holt. And he likely would have served 10 more years for the murder of Steven had the Arizona Justice Project — along with retired British pediatric…
Drayton Witt of Tucson spent 10 years behind bars after being convicted in 2002 of shaking to death his girlfriend’s 4-month old son, Steven Holt. And he likely would have served 10 more years for the murder of Steven had the Arizona Justice Project — along with retired British pediatric…
Yadira Ramos and Mauricio Perez burst through the emergency room doors of Paradise Valley Hospital with their unconscious 13-month-old son early one evening, late in the summer of 2009. Mauricio Jr.’s small body was stiff, his teeth clenched. His head was swelling and it seemed to his parents that he…
They’re not big-time bad guys, but according to Peoria officials, arrest warrants have been issued for these individuals since they allegedly skipped out on court appearance — failure to appear — for offenses such as driving under the influence of alcohol (or some other mind-altering ish) and shoplifting. Most Wanted…
Guess who is complaining about unions again? Councilman Sal DiCiccio is defending his District 6 seat against Karlene Keogh Parks, senior vice president of an international insurance firm. Keogh Parks has secured the support of police and firefighter unions and Phoenix Mayor Greg Stanton. DiCiccio has in his corner the…
